Hanging Ati sunpower

[Myka]

Originally Posted by chefpaakk

This would be awesome, however, my tank sits 3 inches off the wall and I have a 30x30 tank, so I need at lease at 18" arm to be able to get anywhere nee the center of the tank.

Ok, for an arm strap an 18" piece of steel or aluminum square tube on top of the bracket.

If you want it to look prettier, you can find nicer brackets, like these:


For the arm add something like this (stainless steel tube):



Then an end cap in either stainless steel or black plastic:

[chefpaakk]

Wow Myka! I'm impressed! Where did you find all these things?

[Plainswalker]

My idea's a little bit ghetto, but I actually don't mind it. Also, my wife didn't like the idea of drilling holes in the ceiling so I went with a DIY acrylic top-of-tank stand. I built three fat I-beams and set the sunpower on it:



I've had these for 2+ years and I barely notice them. The clear acrylic is actually pretty tough and I haven't had any issues with them at all.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by chefpaakk

Wow Myka! I'm impressed! Where did you find all these things?

I did some hunting around when I was going to do something similar with my ATI fixture. I ended up hanging it from the ceiling. I like that I can slide the fixture up higher when I'm doing a water change and lower it down for normal positioning.